Kanban: Jira; with columns. Gannt Chart; with sticky-notes. The 19th-century oversight by management with the new twist where the small minds and strong backs working on the shop floor do management’s job for them. The old way of tallying days in stir but with a cool, Aisian-sounding label. KB: One thousand “B”s. Kilo Bravo: the […]

Legacy: Any system I don’t want to work in. The system I am going to replace with my system. Legacy Data: Data from systems that are no longer in use but were useful at one time. Useless data until it is useful. Worthless data until the enterprise realizes the need to spend tens-of-thousands of dollars […]

Java: Coffee Javascript: Articles about coffee. JQuery: Breakthrough in JavaScript usability by acknowledging the absolute futility of using JavaScript. A query in the same sense that JavaScript is Java. Simplification of web page development by initiating the tsunami of library bloat that makes development simpler by making every other aspect of the server, the client, and the developer […]

I18N: Either IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN or INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN, I can’t decide. I.E.E.E.: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Real engineers capable of real havoc using real physics. IIS: Microsoft® web server software.  Software residing on the World Wide Web that states, “I Is!” Security breach in your enterprise inviting adolescent criminals to corrupt your sensitive data and reveal your innermost business secrets. Impedance Mismatch […]

Hardcode: Programming in such a way that seems easy at first but proves, over time, to be more and more difficult. Dessicated code that has become rigid and inflexible. Heuristics: Being wrong in such a way that mathematics can show you are right. The algorithm where “right” and “wrong” are not available in the solution […]